Raul Ruiz

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 12, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''. The Acting CHAIR…

The OSC revealed that the VA's Office of the Medical Inspector frequently refused to acknowledge the systematic problems in the VA.

We need to create a veteran-centered culture of responsiveness.

We're not taking care of veterans. That is the bottom line.

Lying to get a bonus flies in the face of our values as Americans.

I think that there's a--we need a very drastic cultural change so that when that question is asked again it should be in the top three answers as to what our VA personnel are measured against.

Unconscionably, senior executive who oversaw health care facilities with manipulated data were awarded bonuses, based, in part, on faulty wait times and, as Mr. Wenstrup said, clearly demonstrating a lack of integrity.

The lens that I have that should be the lens for the care to our veterans is to put veterans first

Well, I look forward to working with you to ensure that the veterans in my district and everywhere else will get the care that they need when they need it and we can lower the waiting time so that this never happens again to any of our…

Can you assure me that the Loma Linda VA health care System in my district is included in a systemwide honest and transparent investigation to ensure the veterans in my district are getting the care that they have earned and need?

As a physician, public servant, and, more importantly, as an American, I am committed to ensuring that all veterans receive the medical care they have earned and need when they need it.

Any VA leader or whoever knew about this breach of public trust and did nothing should be held accountable or resign.

The veterans in my district and across the Nation deserve better.

Today, thanks to Representative Raul Ruiz and the bi-partisan coalition that joined to support his efforts, I am here to offer the support of Vet Voice Foundation and the veteran community for the 'Wounded Veterans Recreation Act.'

I want to thank Representative Ruiz. I think your leadership is commendable for this.

National parks give our veterans the opportunity to connect with nature and to exercise, which leads to better spiritual, mental, and physical health.

The bills we will be discussing today serve as a testament to our committee's dedication to preserving veterans' access to national parks.

My bill honors the service of our Nation's veterans by ensuring that disabled veterans have the opportunity to enjoy and visit America's national parks at no cost.

I applaud the gentlemen's efforts to provide a lifetime pass to service-connected disabled veterans and I hope we can collaborate in the future.

H.R. 2119, the Veterans Access to Speedy Review Act, introduced by Representative Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36), would require the VA's Board of Veterans Appeals to offer alternative sites and/or technical modalities to Veterans for their appeal…

It's a triple assault that many of our veterans face.

I am going to continue to follow the natural life history of requesting three ultrasound machines until they are born in the womb of our Loma Linda VA Hospital.

We definitely have to continue your efforts. There is a lot of problems that we need to fix and I appreciate that we are moving in the right direction albeit it perhaps impatiently slow, but we have to continue to move in that direction.

Now, we are starting a veterans university in our district where we are going to train and educate a lot of our veterans and our veteran service officers in the area to really help them learn the system and learn what they qualify for and…

Not allowing the next of kin, the spouse, to be seen with the patient for privacy reasons, is one of the biggest hog washes I have ever heard.